1 Minutes of the 36th Meeting of the Expert Appraisal Committee ...
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7. Efforts shall fur<strong>the</strong>r be made to use maximum water from <strong>the</strong> rain water harvesting sources. Use<strong>of</strong> air cooled condensers shall be explored and closed circuit cooling system shall be provided toreduce water consumption and water requirement shall be modified accordingly. All <strong>the</strong> effluentshould be treated and used for ash handling, dust suppression and green belt development. Noeffluent shall be discharged and ‘zero’ discharge shall be adopted. Sanitary sewage should betreated in septic tank followed by soak pit.8. All <strong>the</strong> char from DRI plant shall be utilized in AFBC boiler <strong>of</strong> power plant and no char shall bedisposed <strong>of</strong>f anywhere else. AFBC boiler shall be installed simultaneously along with <strong>the</strong> DRIplant to ensure full utilization <strong>of</strong> char from <strong>the</strong> beginning.9. Proper utilization <strong>of</strong> fly ash shall be ensured as per Fly Ash Notification, 1999 and subsequentamendment in 2003 and 2010. All <strong>the</strong> fly ash should be provided to cement and brickmanufacturers for fur<strong>the</strong>r utilization and Memorandum <strong>of</strong> Understanding should be submitted to<strong>the</strong> Ministry’s Regional Office at Bangalore.10. Risk and Disaster Management Plan along with <strong>the</strong> mitigation measures should be prepared anda copy submitted to <strong>the</strong> Ministry’s Regional Office at Bangalore, SPCB and CPCB within 3months <strong>of</strong> issue <strong>of</strong> environment clearance letter.11. As proposed, green belt shall be developed in 33 % <strong>of</strong> plant area. Selection <strong>of</strong> plant species shallbe as per <strong>the</strong> CPCB guidelines in consultation with <strong>the</strong> DFO.12. All <strong>the</strong> recommendations made in <strong>the</strong> Charter on Corporate Responsibility for EnvironmentProtection (CREP) for <strong>the</strong> Sponge Iron Plants should be implemented.13. All <strong>the</strong> commitments made to <strong>the</strong> public during <strong>the</strong> Public Hearing / Public Consultation meetingheld on 29 th December, 2010 shall be satisfactorily implemented and a separate budget forimplementing <strong>the</strong> same shall be allocated and information submitted to <strong>the</strong> Ministry’s RegionalOffice at Bangalore.14. At least 5 % <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> total cost <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> project should be earmarked towards <strong>the</strong> Enterprise SocialCommitment (ESC) based on Public Hearing issues and item-wise details along with time boundaction plan should be prepared and submitted to <strong>the</strong> Ministry’s Regional Office at Bangalore.Implementation <strong>of</strong> such program should be ensured accordingly in a time bound manner.36.3.15 Expansion <strong>of</strong> Sponge Iron Plant (50 TPD to 150 TPD) along with installation <strong>of</strong> Captive PowerPlant (5 MW) at Sy. No. 458/461-B, Village Halkundi, Taluk and District Bellary in Karnataka byM/s Shirdi Sai Steels Pvt. Limited - regarding reconsideration <strong>of</strong> EnvironmentalClearanceThe above proposal was considered and discussed in <strong>the</strong> 34 th <strong>Meeting</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Expert</strong> <strong>Appraisal</strong><strong>Committee</strong> (Industry-1) held during 29 th & 30 th March, 2012. The <strong>Committee</strong> after detailed deliberationssought <strong>the</strong> following information for reconsideration:oooCompliance to <strong>the</strong> conditions stipulated in <strong>the</strong> Environmental Clearance/NOC from SPCB <strong>of</strong>existing plant. Recent monitoring report from <strong>the</strong> SPCB, which shall include data on AAQ,water quality, solid waste etc. shall be submitted.Coal linkage documents along with chemical & trace element analysis <strong>of</strong> coalImpact <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> proposed project on RFs by predicting <strong>the</strong> impact distance etc.The above information was submitted by <strong>the</strong> PP. The project proponent and <strong>the</strong>ir consultant, M/sKRS Enterprises, Bangalore also made a presentation before EAC. After detailed deliberation, <strong>the</strong><strong>Committee</strong> recommended <strong>the</strong> project for environmental clearance subject to stipulation <strong>of</strong> followingspecific conditions along with o<strong>the</strong>r environmental conditions:72